Salma Hayek Quotes

I always play girls who are quite traumatised, or a plain girl, but I'm happy with that.

In 'Cavalry,' I had one scene where I was playing a pretty awful character.

I judge movies on how much fun I had while I was doing them. I had a great time on 'The Right Stuff.' Doing that was fantastic. And there was the year I did 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven,' which was amazing because those two different roles were just so far apart.

It's always fun playing a villain, I do have to say.

My relationship with every film is more or less the same, but the experience is the difference. It comes with the people I am working with, the character I play.

Acting in particular is a fun job when you have a good script. I don't know about acting when you don't have a great script. I'm gonna say that's not a great job, it's kind of a dumb job. But when you have a good part in a good script, it's the best job, in a way.

I do play a lot of Southerners because I grew up in the South, but they're still diverse.

Theatre is what I've always done, really, especially with the RSC, but I do bits and pieces on TV.

The protagonists that I've played tend to be people who make trouble. Or even if they don't make it, they certainly disrupt things. It's fun to do that in life as well. But I don't think I ever played myself.

There was a little of this, 'Oh, you're such a sweet girl!' That's a wonderful thing to have in life; I don't mind it at all for life. But I remember, the first role I was ever cast in as a not-so-sweet-girl, I was so happy.

Playing dysfunctional characters or crazy characters is only fun if they're well written. So I have been lucky enough to be asked to play crazy people who are very well written.

I would love to play Mary in 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' or 'Virginia Woolf' or a comedy - just, like, a slapstick comedy.

There are many things in common with my life and my character in 'American Crime.' My upbringing has definitely helped me out in this role.

I feel very lucky to play these well-rounded characters.

The role in 'See No Evil,' Jacob Goodnight, was perfect for me, so if I got the opportunity to do that again, I certainly would consider that.

I have not only played light-hearted roles, but many times, I end up playing this annoying girl in films.

I worked in the second, third, and fourth editions of 'Harry Potter.' I played one of the students.

I loved my role in Devaki' and enjoyed enacting the character.

I had fun doing both types of roles. Both are good. One day you laugh, and the next day you cry. That's how it is.

I want to act. That'd be so much fun.

I have played many cop roles in my career, and my effort is to make each role different.

I really loved making 'Love, Nina.' I was in every scene, which was amazing. Bloody hell, what a job!

I'm having more fun working on 'Eerie, Indiana' because I have the leading role, and this is more of a lighter type of show.

I don't mind playing even a grandfather provided the role is good.

A lot of the work I've done has involved playing quite sympathetic characters.